I never said you was a man of goodwill! On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:40 AM, silver <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am taking Az plus the 13.5 points. > > On Jan 31, 8:24 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wasnt a Steelers fan last night when I went to sleep, But I am this > > morning! :o) > > > > For Terrible Towels, a Wonderful Legacy > > > > The towels are a swirling reminder of her father, Myron Cope, a > > longtime Pittsburgh broadcaster credited with creating the Terrible > > Towel in 1975. Before he died last February at age 79, Elizabeth Cope > > watched last year's Super Bowl with him in his hospital room. She > > draped his coffin with a quilt that a fan had made out of Terrible > > Towels. > > > > But the great part comes from what each of those towels does for > > people like Danny Cope, Myron's son and Elizabeth's older brother. > > > > Myron Cope left behind something far more personal than a legacy of > > terrycloth, a battle flag for a city and its team. In 1996, he handed > > over the trademark to the Terrible Towel to the Allegheny Valley > > School. It is a network of campuses and group homes across > > Pennsylvania for people with severe intellectual and developmental > > disabilities. It receives almost all the profits from sales of the > > towels. > > > > Hundreds of thousands of the towels — trademarked as "Myron Cope's the > > Official Terrible Towel" — are sold every year, for about $7 each. > > Through the Steelers, who handle the marketing of the towels, the > > school receives a check every month, usually for tens of thousands of > > dollars. > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/sports/football/30towel.html?_r=1&em > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
